Resources

Here are some resources I've found very helpful! If you would like to add, please contact me or post in the comments!

Here are some super-helpful links:

https://tinwoodviolin.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/free-violin-plans/

http://platetuning.org/

http://makingtheviolin.com/ 

Here are a couple violin makers I've been in touch with who are very helpful in alphabetical order:

Colin Gallihue
2014 VSA Gold medal winner, I rode to the event with him and he helped me get started by sharing his knowledge about tools and his process. New York, NY, US
http://www.reedyeboahviolins.com/maker2012/collin-gallahue/ 

David Hawthorne 
Bow maker with many insights and high standards. I really like what he says about doing it again until it is "perfect," and knowing what a great violin sounds like. Boston, MA, US
http://www.violinbows.net/

Harold Golden
Knowledgeable about the Italian sound, experiments with the sound of his instruments. Philadelphia, PA, US
http://goldenviolins.com/ 

Helmut Ulrich 
Blind & self taught violin maker I met at the VSA, recently featured on German TV. Mittenwald, Germany
http://helmut-ulrich.de/ 

John Schmidt 
Makes amazing knives (I use his 1/4" and 3/4"), offers free violin classes, excellent website, very helpful! Laurinburg, NC, US
http://jpschmidtviolins.com/

Kevin Kelly 
Soft spoken maker and player with videos about drawing violin-family instruments, let me borrow some tools. Boston, MA, US  
http://kellyviolins.com/
 
Otis Thomas
Commissioned violin maker with a spiritual outlook on violin making as a craft, science, and art. Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
http://www.fiddletree.com/